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No more deepfakes. No more misinformation. No more doubt. And every one of us is in danger.

Fourteen years after the Verification Act reshaped American society, a biometric implant behind every ear broadcasts who you are, what you're worth, and whether you belong. The system was built to end an age of disinformation — and it worked. The deepfakes stopped. The conspiracy theories died. So did the freedoms no one thought to miss until they were gone.

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The Fallout

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Part roadmap, part manifesto—The Fallout is the book grandfamilies needed and the system never gave them.
When the opioid and fentanyl crisis shatters a home, it is the grandparents who are left to pick up the pieces. Across America, millions of grandparents and kinship caregivers have become the unacknowledged infantry on the front lines of a national epidemic—draining their retirement accounts, navigating complex legal systems, and stepping up to raise their grandchildren when no one else will.
Written by a grandparent who spent nearly two years in the trenches of the kinship care system, The Fallout is a comprehensive guide to surviving and thriving in the aftermath of parental addiction. It covers everything caregivers need to know: the brutal realities of the fentanyl crisis, the intricacies of legal guardianship and the child welfare system, the financial and healthcare resources available, and a full state-by-state directory of support services.
You are not alone in this fight. The Fallout provides the answers, the validation, and the roadmap that every grandfamily needs to ensure the next generation doesn’t just survive—they heal.

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OUTNUMBERED AND UNDEFEATED: How Elite Commanders Built Discipline, Mental Toughness, and Leadership by Gabor Turi

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OUTNUMBERED AND UNDEFEATED: Lessons from History’s Greatest Commanders
By Gabor Turi

What do Marcus Aurelius, Genghis Khan, Hannibal, and Alexander the Great have in common?
They were outnumbered. Under-resourced. Facing odds that should have destroyed them. And they won — not because of luck, but because they had mastered one thing every man can build: the ability to command themselves first.
Outnumbered and Undefeated takes twelve of history’s greatest military commanders and extracts the principle each of them forged under genuine extreme pressure — the principle modern men can apply today, in the battles they are actually fighting. In their careers, their relationships, and the daily war they wage against their own weaknesses.
This is not a history book. It is a doctrine.
Each chapter follows one commander into the defining crisis of their life — Marcus Aurelius governing a dying empire from a war tent. Caesar hunted by pirates at twenty-five. Frederick the Great losing 19,000 men in a single afternoon, then delivering one of history’s greatest victories six weeks later. These are not inspiring anecdotes. They are operational intelligence for any man who refuses to be defeated by his circumstances.
The book closes with a 30-Day Warrior Protocol — a structured daily system that turns the twelve principles into a single practical framework you can begin tomorrow.
This is the Inner Command Doctrine. Twelve commanders. Twelve centuries. One system.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Modern Homesteading: Simple Steps Towards Urban and Rural, Self-Reliant Living at Your Own Pace

About A Beginner’s Guide to Modern Homesteading: Simple Steps Towards Urban and Rural, Self-Reliant Living at Your Own Pace

If you’ve been curious about homesteading but didn’t know where to begin, this is the book that will spark your courage and creativity to take that first step. From balconies to backyards, this book can help you take small, practical steps that fit your budget, your space, and your pace.

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AI Armor: Your Digital Defense Solution For Coparenting With A Narcissist by Rina Rosewell

AI Armor: Your Digital Defense Solution For Coparenting With A Narcissist by Rina Rosewell

Stop freezing when your narcissistic ex sends hostile messages. This book gives you AI prompts to decode manipulation, draft Yellow Rock responses, and prepare for court—when your traumatized brain can’t think straight. Practical strategies, not pie-in-the-sky advice.

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Book of Fear by Mary Black Rose

Book of Fear by Mary Black Rose

One wish. One night. Every fear she’s ever held.

Set in the 90s, Susan, a middle school student, finds a cursed book promising one wish, she must survive a night of living nightmares to fix her broken friendship with her lifelong BFF Maddie.

But the Book of Fear has its own rules—and it never gives without taking. As fears turn into realities, Susan learns some wishes demand a price she isn’t sure she can pay. Fans of Stranger Things and R.L. Stine’s Fear Street will love this chilling, 12k-word YA novelette.

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Mona the Mermaid: Mona Stalks a Jackal

About Mona the Mermaid: Mona Stalks a Jackal

When a storm launches Mona the Mermaid out of Lake Erie and onto Crescent Beach, the young mermaid makes the beautiful bay her new home. But while the creatures of Crescent are nice, they aren’t happy.
A jackal terrorizes them by day and haunts them by night! Mona wants to help her friends. But the first time Mona meets up with the jackal, her beautiful tail is punctured! And it hurts!
She knows she shouldn’t meet with Jay-deen again, yet she needs to learn more about this wily creature.
One stormy night, while the winds howl and waves batter the beach, Mona accepts the jackal’s invitation to talk.
Will this be a mistake? Or can Mona convince the jackal to be friends?
In Book One of the Mona the Mermaid series, this young mermaid learns lessons about honesty, friendship, and that there are two sides to most stories.

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Journey to the Dark Galaxy by Hannah D. State

About Journey to the Dark Galaxy by Hannah D. State

A mysterious signal from deep space. Mischief and murder at a military base. When Sam receives a strange letter drafting her into the Great Alliance for Interplanetary Affairs as a matter of international security, she expects to get answers. But instead of receiving a warm welcome, she finds that most people under the surface are distant, cold, and have built walls of silence. While grappling with her unique power and the consequences of her actions, she learns that the organization she’s supposed to serve has a chilling past and guards a dark secret.

A finalist for the 2025 Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature.

★★★★★ FINALIST in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2023 (UK)
★★★★★ WINNER of the Literary Titan Gold Award (February 2024)
★★★★★ FINALIST in the Whistler Independent Book Awards (2024)
★★★★★ FINALIST in the 2024 READERS’ FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (Young Adult – Thriller)

Praise for Journey to the Dark Galaxy:

★★★★★ “A smartly constructed YA sci-fi adventure with a strong, charismatic protagonist. A FINALIST and highly recommended!” – The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2023

★★★★★ “…a superb novel…” – Readers’ Favorite (5-star review)

★★★★★ “…a narrative that keeps you on the edge of your seat…” – Literary Titan (Gold Award)

★★★★★ “Full of precision-built worlds and populated by numerous memorable characters, the book is a rewarding, thought-provoking read.” – IndieReader (starred review)

★★★★★ “This was a fun read with many twists and turns building the intrigue along the journey.” – Lynn

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Her Millions Are Worthless by Bela Feketekuty

Her Millions Are Worthless by Bela Feketekuty

Jane is a beautiful, young, intelligent, and wealthy woman searching for true love. By luck, she meets Bill, a poor but proud young man glued to his cell phone for hours every day.

Despite her initial doubts, Jane falls in love with Bill as he talks about poor but clever go-getters like himself. Bill and Jane also casually discuss their siblings, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), mutual funds, singers, and movies. Soon, the young couple can’t wait to text each other daily. As Bill begins to suspect that Jane’s millions are dirty, the young couple is caught in a web of curious questions, evasive answers, and financial secrets. Will their love be strong enough to survive this unexpected challenge?

Explore the complex world of modern romance, financial secrets, investments, and technology. Are you ready for a romantic story with a mystery about the origins of inexplicable wealth?

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How To Meet Women In The Philippines by D. A. Thomas

How To Meet Women In The Philippines by D. A. Thomas

How To Meet Women In The Philippines: A Practical Guide to Culture, Communication, and Meaningful Relationships is an honest, experience-based guide for men who want more than shallow dating tips or stereotypes.

Whether you’re planning your first trip, relocating long-term, or already living in the Philippines, this book helps you understand how dating really works—from Filipino values and family dynamics to communication styles that build genuine attraction and trust.

This isn’t a pickup manual. It’s a real-world guide to forming respectful, lasting relationships in a culture where sincerity, patience, and character matter far more than flashy tactics.

Inside, you’ll discover:

How Filipino culture, traditions, and family expectations shape dating and relationships

The biggest mistakes foreign men make—and how to avoid them

How to communicate clearly and respectfully despite language and cultural differences

Where and how to meet women naturally, both online and in person

The role of social class, religion, and regional differences across the Philippines

Red flags to watch for—and green flags that signal genuine interest

How to move from casual dating to a meaningful, committed relationship

Written in a straightforward, no-nonsense style, this guide blends cultural insight with practical advice you can actually use. It’s designed to help you build real connections, not just get dates.

If you’re tired of misinformation, online myths, and unrealistic expectations, How To Meet Women In The Philippines gives you a grounded, respectful approach to dating—one that benefits both you and the women you meet.

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Baker Vaughan by Stuart Hotchkiss

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Baker Vaughan by Stuart Hotchkiss

What if running from your grief for twenty-six years caused you to no longer recognize yourself?

In November 1985, Baker Vaughan loses his young wife during his second year at Yale seminary. The future he imagined—ordination, family, shared purpose—vanishes in a single night.

So he flees. He buries himself in Madison Avenue’s corporate anonymity, building an award-winning career that demands nothing of his heart.

By 2011, the dissociation that saved him has hollowed him out. The son of a wealthy Lynchburg, Virginia family—old money that survived every recession but never learned how to yearn—no longer recognizes the man in the mirror.

Baker moves to Idaho for a fresh start. He joins Trinity Episcopal Church in Boise. But you can’t escape your patterns. A reckless affair creates a scandal that forces him to finally confront what he’s been fleeing, and his corporate instincts clash violently with the church’s rector and create ecclesiastical warfare.

When Baker finds love again and pursues ordination, he faces the question he’s avoided for decades: Can he allow himself to be fully present, or will his pattern of self-sabotage destroy this second chance at ministry and connection the way it’s destroyed everything else?

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The Collector’s Wife by Jordan Grey

The Collector’s Wife by Jordan Grey

The Collector’s Wife
A Romance Thriller

Elena thought she was marrying into legacy, wealth, and security.

Instead, she married into a family tradition no one survives.

When Elena moves to her husband’s ancestral estate on the rocky coast of Maine, she is swept into a world of old money, rigid expectations, and unsettling silence. But behind a hidden panel in the library, she discovers a secret room filled with photographs—dozens of brides from her husband’s bloodline, dating back generations.

Every woman vanished exactly three years after her wedding day.

Elena has twenty-two months left.

As she quietly investigates the fate of the former wives, accidents and illnesses begin to look like something far more deliberate. The powerful Blackthorne family controls the town, the police, and the narrative. No one questions their history.

No one survives it.

Her only ally is Dominic, the estate’s guarded groundskeeper—a man with his own reasons for hating the family. As suspicion turns into desire, their growing connection becomes both dangerous and undeniable.

But uncovering the truth means exposing a century-old ritual built on control, obsession, and sacrifice. And the people protecting that legacy will kill to keep it buried.

With time running out and nowhere safe to turn, Elena must decide:

Become the next portrait on the wall…
or destroy the collection forever.

The Collector’s Wife is a gripping romantic thriller filled with gothic suspense, forbidden attraction, family secrets, and deadly traditions—perfect for readers who love dark romance with high-stakes tension and shocking twists.

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The Night that Changed Everything by Donna Jean Picerno

The Night that Changed Everything by Donna Jean Picerno

When one night shattered her world, a stranger became her safe place.

Six months after her controlling boyfriend walked out on her, Holly Davidson was finally ready to re-enter the dating scene. Looking forward to a fun night out, Holly planned an exciting evening with her best friend, Savannah. But when their plans go sideways, the night becomes anything but fun.

When Detective Carter Michaels was forced to take a break from the serial killer case he’d become obsessed with, he headed to his family cabin for some much-needed downtime. However, his peace was interrupted when Holly and the very case he’d been trying to escape came pounding at his door.

The Night that Changed Everything is a heart-pounding romantic suspense novel about surviving the unthinkable, risking your heart when it’s still in pieces, and choosing a future brighter than the darkness behind you.

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Still Standing: A True Story of Abuse, Loss, and Survival by Diana Freel

Still Standing: A True Story of Abuse, Loss, and Survival by Diana Freel

It is a story about surviving, remembering, and learning how to live without erasing what was lost.
Written over the course of nearly three decades, this memoir traces a woman’s journey through abuse, grief, systemic failure, and the long aftermath of losing a child. It does not offer platitudes or tidy resolutions. Instead, it bears witness to what survival actually looks like when the danger has passed but the impact remains.

This book is written for anyone who has ever been told they were too emotional, too reactive, or too difficult to believe. For those who learned to stay quiet in order to survive. For those who are still standing, even when they don’t feel strong.

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Enter the Dark by Daytona Aaron Sands

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Ages ago, the king’s high wizard locked the sadistic Minotaur within an underground maze.

Ariadne, the last royal heir to the legendary empire of Minos, has spent her life believing the Sortition protects her people. But the once-mighty kingdom survives by paying a terrible price: Sacrificing children.

And if they stop, the bloodthirsty Minotaur walks free.
When Ariadne unveils a shocking truth hidden by her family’s legacy, she refuses to accept her secret role; instead, she makes a reckless choice: she will enter the labyrinth herself.

Theseus is no warrior. He can’t afford a sword. Driven by forbidden passions, he makes a fool’s promise to save her.

But the enchanted realm is vast enough to swallow cities, filled with monsters, traps, and the remnants of a forgotten war. And lurking in its endless darkness awaits the foe no hero has ever vanquished.

The deeper they travel into disaster, the more they realize the snare was never meant to hold monsters… but to feed one. And falling in love inside a prison designed to kill them might be the most dangerous mistake of all.

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Leave The Pieces

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What happens when we stop putting ourselves first and wait on the Lord’s timing instead?

From the highs of young love and musical success to the lows of heartbreak and self-discovery, Lucki’s story is one of resilience and growth. As she navigates the complexities of relationships, family expectations, and personal ambitions, Lucki learns valuable lessons about love, independence, and the importance of self-worth.

This heartfelt memoir is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of finding one’s voice amidst life’s challenges.

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In the Knight’s Chamber (Book 3 In the Castle Series) by JoMarie DeGioia

About In the Knight’s Chamber (Book 3 In the Castle Series) by JoMarie DeGioia

Sir Justin Beverley is the youngest son of a noble family. He believes no one expects anything more from him than drinking and charming his way through life. Riana, his eldest brother’s ward and sister-in-law, tempts him with her sweet sensuality, but he vows to never give in. But when the temptation proves too much can he step up and be the man she deserves?

Lady Riana Lichfield has always been different, more in tune with the emotional than the intellectual. Though safe under the protection of her sister’s new husband, Riana believes she’ll never have her own life. She wants a love of her own, a hero to save her like her sister was saved.
When a threat from her past returns, can Justin be the man to keep her safe? Can everything she craves be found in the knight’s chamber?

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One Inch Between Life and Death Updated and Revised Second Edition

About One Inch Between Life and Death Updated and Revised Second Edition

An Inspiring True Story of Hope, Healing, and Faith

In One Inch Between Life and Death, Steven A. Hauer shares a powerful true story of healing, resilience, and faith set in rural Minnesota. Raised in New Prague, Minnesota, Steven recounts the life-changing accident that brought him close to death and the remarkable recovery that followed. His journey led to deep personal transformation, spiritual growth, and a stronger understanding of faith and purpose.

Through the struggles, questions, and challenges of recovery, Steven’s story reflects the power of hope, the possibility of healing, and the strength faith can bring in life’s darkest moments. This memoir speaks to anyone who has ever wondered why they survived, what a second chance means, or what purpose can come from pain and hardship.

A heartfelt story of survival, hope, and purpose, One Inch Between Life and Death is the testimony of a man who believes he is a walking miracle.

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The BIG GUY and HIS CLAN

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Caw! Caw! Meet the Big Guy.

Perched high in the trees, the Big Black Crow is on the lookout. With a sharp eye for snacks and a loud song for his friends, the “Big Guy” and his clan of five are the coolest birds in the neighborhood.

In The Big Guy and His Clan, author Mark Hummell takes readers on a rhythmic journey through a day in the life of a crow. From sunrise snacks and “Caw Caw” songs to dodging hawks and dipping bread in the water with a slurp, this delightful story captures the bustling world of backyard wildlife.

With its bouncy, repetitive rhymes and “fun-for-all” energy, this book is a perfect read-aloud for families who love to watch the squirrels run, the owls hoot, and their favorite feathered friends take flight.

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Leif Erikson

About Leif Erikson I am born in Iceland around 970 AD. Leif Erikson is my name. I wonder what I’ll do when I grow up? My father is a Viking who has red hair and a red beard. Maybe that’s why he is called Erik the Red. My last name is Erikson … [Continue reading] about Leif Erikson

Malmorthael

About Malmorthael In the shadow of Elgilithgorg, where ancient kings forged empires from forbidden fire, exile is the only mercy for the cursed. Malmorthael, a leper haunted by the screams of the dead, bears scars deeper than his festering flesh—a … [Continue reading] about Malmorthael

Dirty Rumors

About Dirty Rumors Can this rugged mountain man mechanic win the heart of a girl who refuses to date? When your name is Carson Dirty, you've heard all of the jokes. One of those Dirty Boys – eye roll. The feelings I have from the second I … [Continue reading] about Dirty Rumors

Our Solar System plus Space Riddles: Learn about our sun, planets, a dwarf planet and their order in our solar system by Rich Linville

About Our Solar System plus Space Riddles: Learn about our sun, planets, a dwarf planet and their order in our solar system by Rich Linville Actual photos of our sun, planets and a dwarf planet. Learn about our solar system with a trick to … [Continue reading] about Our Solar System plus Space Riddles: Learn about our sun, planets, a dwarf planet and their order in our solar system by Rich Linville

Cadence

About Cadence Book 2 of the Spike! series is available now! Sami is back...and her magic is stronger than ever. It's been two years since she sacrificed her magic to save her home town. Now, during a summer program in Boston, Sami comes face … [Continue reading] about Cadence